PHA-Exchange> Can exreme poverty be eliminated?

[Claudio]

From: "Judith Richter" <judith.richter at attglobal.net>
The Eldis Reporter on Poverty.
Eldis Reporters Production System
(email: isu-support at ids.ac.uk). 

Well, well, Jeffrey, hmmm!
(Claudio)

CAN EXTREME POVERTY BE ELIMINATED?
Sachs, J.
Scientific American (2005)

In this article, Jeffery Sachs offers a number of solutions 
to the problem of chronic poverty. The paper details the 
current state of global poverty and then argues that the 
answer lies in science, technology and the reinforcing 
accumulation of weath. The eradication of poverty is not, 
however, automatic or inevitable, but requires significant 
input on behalf of the west.

The paper explores, by means of tables and graphs, the 
progress made in human development since the inception of 
the Millenium Development Goals in 2000. It then proposes a 
strategy for ensuring the MDGs are reached:
* a large-scale targeted public investment effort is 
required
* increasing US aid to 0.7% GDP would achieve this aim
* a new kind of development economics needs to emerge, 
  which should be grounded in science
* public perceptions of governance issues are not well-
  founded - geographical characteristics are just as 
  important.

Sachs argues that the majority of this potential 
investment should be targeted at healthcare and disease 
prevention, supporting such preventative measures as 
bednets and pesticides.

Available online at:
http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/rdr.cfm?doc=DOC15310